Joe Biden Sees All of the Obama Memes, and He Has a Favorite

Joe Biden knows what’s happening on the Internet. Once his bromance with former president Barack Obama reached meme status, it didn’t take long for the former vice president to notice. Biden’s daughter Ashley Bidentold Dow Jones blog Moneyish that when he first saw the memes, her father “sat there for an hour and laughed.” Though the whole selection of photos inspired a chuckle from Biden, he has a favorite, per Ashley.

His top pick features both his wife, Jill Biden, and Michelle Obama—and a little humor poking fun at the intimacy of the two men’s friendship. “Joe, I’m not leaving my wife for you,” the caption jokes (the photo is from election night in 2012).

This bromance wasn’t just one for the Internet. Before Obama left office, both Michelle Obama and Jill Biden weighed in on their husbands’ relationship in an interview with People.

“They’ll go for long walks, looking into each other’s eyes,” the former First Lady joked.

Jill Biden added her two cents on the relationship. “They’re going to be eating ice cream together somewhere, I’m sure.” She continued, speaking of their “beautiful friendship”: “And I don’t think we’ve really seen a lot of that, especially in politics. But I think they really love one another.”

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Fifty percent of all marriages in the United States end in divorce. The other 49 percent of marriages are not as strong as the Obama-Biden relationship.

Photo: Courtesy of The White House/By Pete Souza.

Mini-golfing is a popular dating activity, as Obama and Biden discover here.

Photo: Courtesy of The White House/By Pete Souza.

It’s important to make your loved ones laugh.

Photo: Courtesy of The White House/By Pete Souza.

Here, Obama and Biden are either exercising or realizing that they left the oven on.

Photo: Courtesy of The White House/By Pete Souza.

They’re not ashamed to show their love in front of a stadium full of people.

Photo: 2010 Getty Images

And this photo was only the beginning move of their special, five-minute-long secret handshake.

Photo: Courtesy of The White House/By Pete Souza.

Don’t go! Please don’t go!

Photo: Courtesy of The White House/By Pete Souza.

Fifty percent of all marriages in the United States end in divorce. The other 49 percent of marriages are not as strong as the Obama-Biden relationship.

Courtesy of The White House/By Pete Souza.

Mini-golfing is a popular dating activity, as Obama and Biden discover here.

Courtesy of The White House/By Pete Souza.

It’s important to make your loved ones laugh.

Courtesy of The White House/By Pete Souza.

Here, Obama and Biden are either exercising or realizing that they left the oven on.

Courtesy of The White House/By Pete Souza.

Very few people have double dates as public as when the Obamas and Bidens attend Democratic conventions.

From Digital Focus/Alamy.

The two practice their “dads watching their hyperactive children on the playground” poses.

Courtesy of The White House/By Pete Souza.

Biden anxiously waits for Obama to play fetch.

Courtesy of The White House/By Pete Souza.

Obama orders lunch while Biden wonders whether he should claim he forgot his wallet.

From AFP/Getty Images.

This tender, intimate gesture reminds one of senior prom.

Courtesy of The White House/By Pete Souza.

Nobody puts Barack in the corner.

Courtesy of The White House/By Pete Souza.

Biden anxiously waits for Obama to finish his call and look at that cool bird outside.

Courtesy of The White House/By Pete Souza.

Obama and Biden stare into each other’s eyes, wishing that they had a milkshake to share.

Courtesy of The White House/By Pete Souza.

This is a metaphor of sorts.

Courtesy of The White House/By Pete Souza.

Hugs for everyone.

Courtesy of The White House/By Pete Souza.

Not only do they share meals together, they don’t even look at their phones while eating. Now that’s commitment.

From Getty Images.

Either they’re a) dressed to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, b) acting as groomsmen in a wedding, or c) accidentally dressed the same and are now impromptu twins. (The real answer is a, but c is frighteningly plausible.)

Courtesy of The White House/By Pete Souza.

Of course, every once in a while, couples get embarrassed by each other in public.

By Cheriss May/NurPhoto/Getty Images.

Taking a breather, and possibly gossiping about the audacity of those Republicans in the Senate.

Courtesy of The White House/By Pete Souza.

They even got matching armchairs!

Courtesy of The White House/By Pete Souza.

Friends don’t let friends grieve alone.

Courtesy of The White House/By Pete Souza.

Look at them. I mean, just look at them.

Courtesy of The White House/By Pete Souza.

Even they know that no one has what they have.

Courtesy of The White House/By Pete Souza.

They’re not ashamed to show their love in front of a stadium full of people.

2010 Getty Images

And this photo was only the beginning move of their special, five-minute-long secret handshake.